episcopus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === *biscopu === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈpɪs.kɔ.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈpis.ko.pus] === Noun === episcopus m (genitive episcopī); second declension (Late Latin) overseer, supervisor, bishop (in a Christian church who governs a diocese) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== episcopātus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “episcopus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "episcopus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “episcopus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.